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Fifth person arrested over links to Boston Marathon Bombings
by B Blake
May 30 2014
Surprise Announcement
According to United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz, a man from Quincy, Massachusetts, has been charged with obstructing the investigation into the Boston Marathon bombings. In a press release prosecutors said:
"The indictment does not charge Matanov with participating in the Marathon bombings or knowing about them ahead of time."
Khairullozhon Matanov, 23, is charged with one count of destroying, altering, and falsifying records, documents, and tangible objects in a federal investigation, specifically information on his computer, and three counts of making materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements in a federal terrorism investigation.
The terrorist rhetoric was out in force as prosecutors claimed in the days after the April 2013 bombings, Matanov realized the FBI would want to talk with him because he knew the suspects and apparently shared their "philosophical justification for violence."
Matanov is accused of deleting information from his computer and lying to investigators.
The terrorist rhetoric was out in force as prosecutors claimed in the days after the April 2013 bombings, Matanov realized the FBI would want to talk with him because he knew the suspects and apparently shared their "philosophical justification for violence."
Matanov is accused of deleting information from his computer and lying to investigators.
"About forty minutes after the bombings, at approximately 3:31 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2013, Matanov called Tamerlan Tsarnaev and invited him to dinner that night. "
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was said to have accepted the offer and that night, Matanov bought Dzhokhar and Tamerlan dinner at a local restaurant.
"After Matanov returned home from dinner with the Tsarnaevs following the bombings on Monday, April 15, Matanov spoke with Witness 1 (whose name is known to the Grand Jury). When Witness 1 told Matanov that Witness 1 hoped that the Boston Marathon bombers were not Muslim, Matanov initially responded that the bombings could have had a just reason, such as being done in the name of Islam, that he would support the bombings if the reason were just or the attack had been done by the Taliban, and that the victims were in paradise."
Matanov was arrested for the crime of deleting data from his computer before Federal agents approached him, raising questions about how long citizens should be expected to retain personal digital information in the event that someone may want to investigate it.
The government gave no reason for the delay in announcing Matanov was a person of interest. He first came into contact with authorities in April 2013.
Matanov is scheduled to appear in court Friday afternoon.
The government gave no reason for the delay in announcing Matanov was a person of interest. He first came into contact with authorities in April 2013.
Matanov is scheduled to appear in court Friday afternoon.
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